Genealogical Society of Ireland journals and Waterford grand jury records join FindmyPast

Added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) this week:

Genealogical Society of Ireland: Journals

The Genealogical Society of Ireland, originally named the Dun Laoghaire Genealogical Society, was founded in 1990 and have been publishing these journals regularly since 1992. Within their pages, you can find articles covering a huge range of social history topics, including school lists, shipwrecks, military movements, murder cases, the genealogies of selected families and even the 1937 winners of the ever-important sultana cake and shortbread baking competition.

If you're searching for a particular ancestor, you'll be able to search by their full name, and you may just find a richly-detailed story about their life. On the other hand, it's the perfect collection to spend a few hours browsing. You can flip through it page by page, or head to 'Article title' on the advanced search page, which will allow you to scroll through the subjects of each article and pick the ones that catch your eye. You can also search by free text - for example, if you're looking for information regarding the Great Irish Famine, you can search 'Ireland famine' and find an array of relevant articles.

Though these journals were published throughout the 1990s onwards, the stories within them document events that occurred all the way through the 1800s to the mid 1900s, giving you a broad and bold scope of life in Ireland throughout multiple generations.


Waterford, Grand Jury Presentments 1808-1899 Image Browse

This Waterford collection contains Grand Jury query and account books, assize presentments and contract details throughout the 18th century.

The Grand Jury was the main arm of local government in the 18th century, with responsibility for:

• roads and bridges
• lunatic asylums
• county infirmaries and fever hospitals
• dispensaries
• courthouses
• gaols

The names found in these pages may have been maintenance workers, staff or suppliers, or may have paid a fee to the Grand Jury.

For further details and links visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/ireland-genealogical-journals

Chris 

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.